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Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 10:43 AM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

1st October 2008

Trade:

The Rockies sent SS Jonathan Herrera (.241, 1 HR, 26 RBI) to the Rangers for minor league CF José Gonzáles (.296, 4 HR, 61 RBI, 10 SB - A) and 3B Will Gardner (.333, 6 HR, 25 RBI - AAA).

Final 2008 standings:

American League Standings

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	101	61	.623	-	99-63	2	56-25	45-36	12-2	24-20	Clinched	L4	4-6
Boston Red Sox	99	63	.611	2.0	97-65	2	56-25	43-38	17-10	35-20		W3	5-5
Washington Nationals	81	81	.500	20.0	79-83	2	47-34	34-47	5-11	20-21		W1	6-4
New York (A) Yankees	80	82	.494	21.0	82-80	-2	42-39	38-43	10-5	20-25		L1	3-7
Baltimore Orioles	74	88	.457	27.0	74-88	0	33-48	41-40	4-7	18-22		W3	4-6

Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Cleveland Indians	82	80	.506	-	84-78	-2	42-39	40-41	7-10	23-24	Clinched	W1	2-8
Chicago (A) White Sox	79	83	.488	3.0	78-84	1	46-35	33-48	7-6	22-14		W2	7-3
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	4.0	84-78	-6	39-42	39-42	4-11	15-31		W2	5-5
Toronto Blue Jays	77	85	.475	5.0	83-79	-6	36-45	41-40	4-9	11-17		W3	9-1
Detroit Tigers	74	88	.457	8.0	74-88	0	40-41	34-47	10-9	21-25		L6	2-8
Kansas City Royals	63	99	.389	19.0	66-96	-3	31-50	32-49	7-9	21-25		L2	6-4

Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Los Angeles (A) Angels	102	60	.630	-	93-69	9	52-29	50-31	10-8	36-20	Clinched	L3	5-5
Oakland Athletics	90	72	.556	12.0	87-75	3	50-31	40-41	7-6	23-23		L1	6-4
Seattle Mariners	83	79	.512	19.0	74-88	9	37-44	46-35	9-5	28-15		W2	6-4
Vancouver Marmots	74	88	.457	28.0	78-84	-4	40-41	34-47	6-8	21-28		L2	3-7
Texas Rangers	59	103	.364	43.0	64-98	-5	33-48	26-55	5-8	20-28		L2	7-3

National League Standings

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
New York (N) Mets	94	68	.580	-	95-67	-1	51-30	43-38	5-4	21-26	Clinched	W1	4-6
Atlanta Braves	93	69	.574	1.0	87-75	6	50-31	43-38	7-7	31-17		W7	9-1
Florida Marlins	89	73	.549	5.0	90-72	-1	47-34	42-39	11-11	20-26		W1	6-4
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	12.0	79-83	3	41-40	41-40	9-6	19-18		W4	8-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	74	88	.457	20.0	75-87	-1	41-40	33-48	4-8	21-26		L3	4-6

Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	-	93-69	-2	48-33	43-38	6-7	19-20	Clinched	L3	6-4
Chicago (N) Cubs	87	75	.537	4.0	84-78	3	44-37	43-38	12-7	24-23		L3	4-6
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	5.0	87-75	-1	47-34	39-42	6-4	28-19		W5	6-4
Houston Astros	72	90	.444	19.0	79-83	-7	35-46	37-44	4-7	14-23		L1	3-7
Cincinnati Reds	68	94	.420	23.0	69-93	-1	37-44	31-50	7-6	20-18		W3	5-5
Buffalo Blizzards	63	99	.389	28.0	62-100	1	33-48	30-51	2-7	16-22		L1	3-7

Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Los Angeles (N) Dodgers	88	74	.543	-	83-79	5	44-37	44-37	11-9	23-18	Clinched	W3	7-3
Arizona Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	2.0	88-74	-2	41-40	45-36	5-7	24-20		L1	5-5
San Diego Padres	80	82	.494	8.0	81-81	-1	42-39	38-43	7-8	30-22		W1	5-5
San Francisco Giants	76	86	.469	12.0	77-85	-1	40-41	36-45	12-10	20-27		L5	2-8
Colorado Rockies	67	95	.414	21.0	68-94	-1	33-48	34-47	9-9	20-25		L5	3-7

Playoffs:

Red Sox at Angels
Indians at Devil Rays

Dodgers at Mets
Brewers at Braves

We meet the hottest team in baseball. The Braves won seven straight, we lost three straight.

American League Batting Title

3B Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay)
.341, 152 G, 618 AB, 105 R, 211 H, 34 2B, 4 3B, 37 HR, 122 RBI, 35 BB,
81 K, 11 SB, 5 CS - .374 OBP, .589 SLG, 69.5 VORP
Longoria was Rookie of the Year in 2007.

National League Batting Title

SS/2B Cesar Izturis (Milwaukee)
.351, 131 G, 501 AB, 85 R, 176 H, 22 2B, 5 3B, 2 HR, 46 RBI, 41 BB,
51 K, 28 SB, 10 CS - .397 OBP, .427 SLG, 43.0 VORP
Well done Cesar. I can't expect much more from my leadoff man.

Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 10:50 AM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

1st October 2008

Milwaukee Brewers Batting Stats after Regular Season 2008

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ryan Braun LF	157	617	120	199	39	5	38	126	362	63	117	23	1	.323	.384	.587	.971
Prince Fielder 1B	162	612	111	185	33	2	28	120	306	98	113	25	6	.302	.399	.500	.899
Cesar Izturis SS	131	501	85	176	22	5	2	46	214	41	51	28	10	.351	.397	.427	.825
Shane Victorino LF	152	487	81	128	24	2	11	63	189	54	77	22	14	.263	.337	.388	.725
Johnny Estrada C	145	439	50	139	23	2	10	81	196	28	58	1	0	.317	.355	.446	.801
Gabe Gross RF	156	436	69	109	15	2	16	65	176	94	94	4	0	.250	.381	.404	.785
Alcides Escobar SS	115	286	52	79	20	6	0	22	111	27	55	24	6	.276	.335	.388	.724
Mark Reynolds 3B	79	269	22	58	12	0	8	40	94	26	73	0	0	.216	.283	.349	.633
Justin Upton CF	65	250	50	71	13	5	6	29	112	42	49	12	7	.284	.388	.448	.836
Omar Infante 2B	94	234	37	60	16	1	5	32	93	18	34	4	1	.256	.313	.397	.710
Mat Gamel 3B	116	204	19	47	13	1	0	24	62	23	44	0	1	.230	.304	.304	.608
Henry Blanco C	100	203	20	43	11	3	6	29	78	17	36	0	0	.212	.268	.384	.652
Billy Hall 3B	54	178	22	42	9	1	3	24	62	12	41	6	1	.236	.280	.348	.628
Rickie Weeks 2B	40	146	32	44	10	3	5	25	75	25	26	8	1	.301	.412	.514	.926
Chris Capuano SP	33	93	17	25	8	0	3	9	42	8	20	0	0	.269	.327	.452	.778
David Bush SP	33	76	6	18	3	0	1	6	24	7	15	0	0	.237	.301	.316	.617
Tony Gwynn Jr. LF	49	65	8	17	1	0	0	6	18	7	9	4	1	.262	.329	.277	.606
Yovani Gallardo SP	28	61	4	10	0	0	0	1	10	0	26	0	0	.164	.164	.164	.328
Lorenzo Cain RF	48	58	11	12	3	1	0	2	17	9	12	3	0	.207	.313	.293	.607
Franklin Gutierrez CF	36	58	6	13	2	0	1	6	18	10	17	1	0	.224	.348	.310	.658
Brandon Webb SP	19	50	4	11	2	0	1	7	16	3	14	0	0	.220	.264	.320	.584
Carlos Villanueva SP	19	43	6	8	1	0	0	4	9	6	1	0	0	.186	.286	.209	.495
Luis Rivas 2B	30	37	2	2	2	0	0	2	4	4	8	0	1	.054	.143	.108	.251
Brad Nelson 1B	36	36	1	9	3	0	0	6	12	6	4	0	0	.250	.357	.333	.690
Hernan Iribarren 2B	21	34	3	5	2	0	0	1	7	7	5	2	1	.147	.286	.206	.492
Ben Sheets SP	12	30	4	8	4	0	2	7	18	1	8	0	0	.267	.281	.600	.881
Charlie Fermaint CF	36	29	2	5	1	1	0	3	8	6	5	1	0	.172	.314	.276	.590
Manny Parra SP	14	29	1	4	2	0	0	1	6	1	5	0	0	.138	.167	.207	.374
Freddy Garcia SP	19	20	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243
Vinny Rottino 2B	10	14	3	3	1	0	0	2	4	2	5	0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598
Jordan Parraz RF	11	13	4	3	1	0	1	5	7	1	3	1	0	.231	.286	.538	.824
Aaron Cook MR	6	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	.125	.300	.250	.550
Juan Cruz SP	24	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750
Elmer Dessens MR	50	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
Mike Rivera C	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jeremy Accardo MR	38	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Chris Volstad SP	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jose Capellan MR	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Alan Embree MR	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Soichi Fujita CL	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Akinori Otsuka MR	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000

Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Stats after Regular Season 2008

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Matt Wise MR	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.50	.000	.000
Soichi Fujita CL	1	3	25	2.00	48	0	36.0	31	9	8	1	9	26	1.11	.244	.300
Manny Parra SP	6	2	0	2.84	14	14	82.1	74	34	26	1	27	66	1.23	.236	.297
David Bush SP	18	8	0	3.10	31	31	229.2	207	90	79	22	52	147	1.13	.238	.264
Ben Sheets SP	5	4	0	3.45	12	12	88.2	84	38	34	13	12	63	1.08	.247	.269
Brandon Webb SP	9	7	0	3.56	19	19	139.0	141	60	55	7	41	103	1.31	.261	.311
Yovani Gallardo SP	12	9	0	3.85	28	27	175.1	181	83	75	13	71	129	1.44	.267	.313
Jeremy Accardo MR	1	2	3	4.05	38	0	33.1	35	17	15	6	9	27	1.32	.271	.302
Chris Capuano SP	18	7	0	4.08	32	31	222.2	213	116	101	41	62	147	1.24	.246	.254
Carlos Villanueva SP	5	7	0	4.17	19	17	121.0	118	59	56	16	32	94	1.24	.257	.291
Brian Shouse MR	3	1	1	4.21	47	0	25.2	29	12	12	4	5	14	1.32	.287	.301
Chris Volstad SP	0	1	0	4.50	1	1	6.0	10	4	3	0	1	2	1.83	.345	.370
Aaron Cook MR	1	2	0	4.91	6	4	33.0	36	22	18	7	12	14	1.45	.277	.266
Freddy Garcia SP	5	5	0	4.98	18	6	65.0	71	42	36	7	9	57	1.23	.275	.330
Elmer Dessens MR	3	1	1	5.19	50	0	60.2	70	39	35	10	24	47	1.55	.287	.321
Mitch Stetter MR	0	1	0	5.57	34	0	21.0	22	13	13	5	8	12	1.43	.278	.274
Jose Capellan MR	1	3	2	5.91	33	0	32.0	36	24	21	7	10	24	1.44	.275	.290
Juan Cruz SP	0	1	0	6.15	24	0	26.1	25	18	18	3	16	15	1.56	.258	.278
Akinori Otsuka MR	3	4	1	6.48	35	0	25.0	34	20	18	4	18	17	2.08	.312	.341
Wade LeBlanc MR	0	0	0	7.36	9	0	3.2	5	3	3	1	1	4	1.64	.333	.400
Alan Embree MR	0	1	1	8.79	21	0	14.1	23	16	14	3	4	8	1.88	.377	.400
Francisco Cordero MR	0	2	1	12.46	6	0	4.1	7	6	6	2	3	2	2.31	.412	.385

Milwaukee Brewers Fielding Stats after Regular Season 2008

Fielding, Pitcher
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Elmer Dessens	50	0	0	7	0	8	1	.875	60.2	1.04
Soichi Fujita	48	0	2	2	0	6	2	.667	36.0	1.00
Brian Shouse	47	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	25.2	0.70
Jeremy Accardo	38	0	1	4	0	6	1	.833	33.1	1.35
Akinori Otsuka	35	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	25.0	1.08
Mitch Stetter	34	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	21.0	0.86
Jose Capellan	33	0	1	2	0	4	1	.750	32.0	0.84
Chris Capuano	32	31	13	32	2	47	2	.957	222.2	1.82
David Bush	31	31	11	42	3	57	4	.930	229.2	2.08
Yovani Gallardo	28	27	10	22	0	33	1	.970	175.1	1.64
Juan Cruz	24	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	26.1	2.05
Alan Embree	21	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	14.1	0.63
Carlos Villanueva	19	17	8	15	1	23	0	1.000	121.0	1.71
Brandon Webb	19	19	6	17	0	26	3	.885	139.0	1.49
Freddy Garcia	18	6	2	10	0	13	1	.923	65.0	1.66
Manny Parra	14	14	5	13	0	20	2	.900	82.1	1.97
Ben Sheets	12	12	8	14	0	22	0	1.000	88.2	2.23
Wade LeBlanc	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	3.2	4.91
Aaron Cook	6	4	0	7	1	7	0	1.000	33.0	1.91
Francisco Cordero	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.1	0.00
Matt Wise	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.1	0.00
Chris Volstad	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	.500	6.0	1.50

Fielding, Catcher
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE	PB	SBA	CS	CS%	CERA
Johnny Estrada	120	103	680	54	4	742	8	.989	913.2	7.23	8	114	35	30.7	4.04
Henry Blanco	89	59	371	35	0	409	3	.993	523.2	6.98	2	52	26	50.0	3.88
Mike Rivera	5	0	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	9.0	7.00	0	2	0	0.0	10.00

Fielding, First Base
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Prince Fielder	160	159	1323	69	82	1399	7	.995	1400.2	8.94
Mark Reynolds	8	1	11	0	2	11	0	1.000	10.0	9.90
Omar Infante	6	1	19	0	1	19	0	1.000	20.0	8.55
Brad Nelson	5	1	18	0	1	18	0	1.000	13.0	12.46
Johnny Estrada	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	2.2	10.13

Fielding, Second Base
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Omar Infante	81	63	142	157	35	303	4	.987	535.0	5.03
Cesar Izturis	46	24	50	46	8	97	1	.990	230.1	3.75
Rickie Weeks	38	38	67	110	19	181	4	.978	336.2	4.73
Mark Reynolds	20	9	17	30	7	48	1	.979	90.0	4.70
Alcides Escobar	19	12	14	31	2	46	1	.978	96.0	4.22
Hernan Iribarren	15	7	15	27	6	42	0	1.000	74.1	5.09
Luis Rivas	12	6	13	9	1	22	0	1.000	54.0	3.67
Vinny Rottino	5	3	5	11	1	16	0	1.000	28.0	5.14
Billy Hall	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50

Fielding, Third Base
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Mat Gamel	74	41	39	72	2	113	2	.982	407.2	2.45
Mark Reynolds	70	60	40	85	3	133	8	.940	502.2	2.24
Billy Hall	33	32	23	53	2	78	2	.974	270.0	2.53
Ryan Braun	32	23	14	47	2	66	5	.924	207.2	2.64
Cesar Izturis	9	5	4	9	0	13	0	1.000	45.1	2.58
Vinny Rottino	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70
Johnny Estrada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.1	0.00
Prince Fielder	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00
Omar Infante	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Fielding, Shortstop
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Cesar Izturis	104	88	112	232	46	354	10	.972	760.1	4.07
Alcides Escobar	92	63	115	191	27	312	6	.981	591.0	4.66
Luis Rivas	12	6	8	11	1	20	1	.950	55.0	3.11
Omar Infante	9	3	3	10	2	13	0	1.000	22.0	5.32
Hernan Iribarren	3	2	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	15.0	1.80
Billy Hall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
Ryan Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
Rickie Weeks	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00

Fielding, Left Field
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Ryan Braun	129	126	251	11	2	266	4	.985	1067.1	2.21
Shane Victorino	47	28	61	4	1	66	1	.985	258.2	2.26
Tony Gwynn Jr.	16	1	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	32.2	2.20
Gabe Gross	11	5	9	0	0	10	1	.900	45.2	1.77
Lorenzo Cain	9	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	19.0	2.84
Franklin Gutierrez	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57
Charlie Fermaint	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25
Brad Nelson	3	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	11.0	4.09
Omar Infante	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00
Justin Upton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Fielding, Center Field
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Shane Victorino	77	68	193	2	1	197	2	.990	603.2	2.91
Justin Upton	63	62	174	1	0	179	4	.978	537.0	2.93
Billy Hall	21	12	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	116.2	1.85
Charlie Fermaint	18	6	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	64.0	2.95
Tony Gwynn Jr.	14	11	44	0	0	45	1	.978	95.0	4.17
Omar Infante	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	10.0	1.80
Lorenzo Cain	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	11.0	1.64
Franklin Gutierrez	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00
Johnny Estrada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00

Fielding, Right Field
Name	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	IP	RANGE
Gabe Gross	133	112	235	8	0	251	8	.968	980.0	2.23
Shane Victorino	29	20	40	2	0	43	1	.977	184.0	2.05
Franklin Gutierrez	23	15	35	0	0	36	1	.972	135.2	2.32
Lorenzo Cain	21	12	21	1	0	22	0	1.000	106.2	1.86
Jordan Parraz	9	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	27.0	2.67
Justin Upton	5	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	13.0	2.08
Charlie Fermaint	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00

Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 12:29 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

1st October 2008

2008 Regular Season Stats

American League

Batting Average

E. Longoria (TBA) .341
M. Tejada (BAL) .340
E. Aybar (LAA) . 328

On-Base Percentage

N. Johnson (WAS) .398
T. Hafner (CLE) .390
J. Mauer (MIN) .385

Slugging Percentage

T. Glaus (TOR) .611
P. Konerko (CHA) .604
E. Longoria (TBA) .589

VORP

E. Longoria (TBA) 69.5
M. Tejada (BAL) 64.0
T. Tracy (OAK) 60.2

Hits

M. Tejada (BAL) 213
E. Longoria (TBA) 211
E. Aybar (LAA) 198

Doubles

M. Tejada (BAL) 51
B. Butler (SEA) 49
J. Natale (BOS) 49

Triples

M. Izturis (WAS) 11
B. Upton (TBA) 11
R. Baldelli (TBA), C. Crawford (TBA), P. Mattingly (VAN) all 10

Home Runs

T. Glaus (TOR) 55
P. Konerko (CHA) 50
D. Ortiz (BOS), N. Swisher (OAK) both 42

Runs Batted In

P. Konerko (CHA) 131
T. Glaus (TOR) 126
E. Longoria (TBA) 122

Runs Scored

B. Upton (TBA) 123
T. Hafner (CLE) 121
P. Konerko (CHA) 121

Stolen Bases

C. Crawford (TBA) 60 SB
D. Roberts (TEX) 46 SB
B. Upton (TBA) 41 SB

Bases on Balls

T. Hafner (CLE) 116
D. Ortiz (BOS) 107
J. Giambi (NYA) 95

Strikeouts

B. Wood (LAA) 178
N. Swisher (OAK) 164
R. Branyan (CLE) 158

Extra Base Hits

T. Glaus (TOR) 85
P. Konerko (CHA) 83
R. Baldelli (TBA), D. Ortiz (BOS), M. Tejada (BAL) all 79

Total Bases

P. Konerko (CHA) 376
E. Longoria (TBA) 364
T. Glaus (TOR) 359

Earned Run Average

F. Hernandez (SEA) 2.75
F. Liriano (MIN) 2.83
S. Kazmir (TBA) 3.11

Wins

F. Liriano (MIN) 19
J. Howell (TBA) 18
T. Lackey (LAA) 18

Losses

O. Perez (KCA) 21
J. Verlander (DET) 20
A. Burnett (VAN) 19

Saves

J. Putz (SEA) 46
S. Casilla (BAL) 40
C. Cordero (WAS) 37

Innings Pitched

R. Halladay (TOR) 253.1 IP
R. Harden (OAK) 242.0 IP
J. Santana (MIN) 241.1 IP

VORP

F. Hernandez (SEA) 65.9
F. Liriano (MIN) 65.3
J. Beckett (BOS) 64.6

Bases on Balls

A. Loewen (BAL) 108
D. Cabrera (BAL) 105
E. Bedard (KCA) 79

Strikeouts

F. Liriano (MIN) 219
R. Harden (OAK) 213
D. Cabrera (BAL) 212

WHIP

F. Hernandez (SEA) 1.10
S. Kazmir (TBA) 1.10
F. Liriano (MIN) 1.11

Hits Allowed

R. Halladay (TOR) 263
C.C. Sabathia (CLE) 263
D. Haren (OAK) 262

Home Runs Allowed

J. Santana (MIN) 42
J. Vazquez (CHA) 38
J. Verlander (DET) 37

National League

Batting Average

C. Izturis (MIL) .351
C. Lee (HOU) .344
S. Rolen (SLN) . 334

On-Base Percentage

S. Rolen (SLN) .412
M. Cabrera (FlO) .403
P. Fielder (MIL) .397

Slugging Percentage

M. Cabrera (FLO) .631
C. Lee (HOU) .619
S. Rolen (SLN) .589

VORP

M. Cabrera (FLO) 86.6
S. Rolen (SLN) 77.1
A. Pujols (SLN) 74.5

Hits

C. Lee (HOU) 207
R. Braun (MIL) 199
H. Ramirez (FLO) 195

Doubles

C. Jackson (ARI) 50
H. Ramirez (FLO) 48
B. McCann (ATL) 47

Triples

C. Gomez (NYN) 10
B. Lillibridge (ATL) 10
J. Upton (MIL) 10

Home Runs

M. Cabrera (FLO) 49
R. Howard (PHI) 47
P. Burrell (PHI) 43

Runs Batted In

R. Braun (MIL) 126
M. Cabrera (FLO) 122
R. Howard (PHI) 121

Runs Scored

M. Cabrera (FLO) 123
R. Braun (MIL) 120
J. Reyes (NYN) 118

Stolen Bases

J. Reyes (NYN) 60 SB
E. Burriss (SFN) 53 SB
H. Ramirez (FLO) 38 SB

Bases on Balls

A. Dunn (ATL) 115
P. Fielder (MIL) 98
B. Bonds (FLO), G. Gross (MIL) both 94

Strikeouts

R. Howard (PHI) 175
J. Bay (PIT) 148
B. Lillibridge (ATL) 147

Extra Base Hits

C. Lee (HOU) 86
R. Braun (MIL) 82
A. Soriano (CHN) 81

Total Bases

C. Lee (HOU) 372
M. Cabrera (FLO) 366
R. Braun (MIL) 362

Earned Run Average

J. Maine (NYN) 2.97
D. Bush (MIL) 3.10
C. Zambrano (CHN) 3.22

Wins

J. Peavy (SDN) 21
C. Zambrano (CHN) 19
D. Bush (MIL), C. Capuano (MIL) both18

Losses

M. Albers (HOU) 17
J. Mateo (BUF) 17
F. Morales (COL), R. Oswalt (HOU), A. Reyes (LAN) all 16

Saves

T. Gordon (PHI) 42
B. Wagner (ATL) 42
M. Gonzalez (ATL) 39

Innings Pitched

C. Zambrano (CHN) 235.0 IP
J. Maine (NYN) 233.2 IP
D. Bush (MIL) 229.2 IP

VORP

C. Zambrano (CHN) 62.7
J. Maine (NYN) 61.4
D. Bush (MIL) 61.3

Bases on Balls

C. Zambrano (CHN) 103
J. Sanchez (SFN) 93
R. Vanden Hurk (FLO) 89

Strikeouts

C. Zambrano (CHN) 240
J. Peavy (SDN) 229
C. Hamels (PHI) 219

WHIP

J. Peavy (SDN) 1.03
O. Matos (SFN) 1.11
J. McDonald (LAN) 1.12

Hits Allowed

C. Carpenter (SLN) 242
J. Garcia (SLN) 237
R. Oswalt (HOU) 230

Home Runs Allowed

C. Capuano (MIL) 41
A. Harang (CIN) 39
M. Prior (CHN), A. Reyes (LAN) all 39

Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 01:24 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

1st October 2008

Milwaukee Brewers Playoff-Roster:

No 1 Starter Brandon Webb / 16-11, 3.31 ERA, 228.1 IP, 220 H, 63 BB, 162 K
No 2 Starter David Bush / 18-8, 3.10 ERA, 229.2 IP, 207 H, 52 BB, 147 K
No 3 Starter Chris Capuano / 18-7, 4.08 ERA, 222.2 IP, 213 H, 62 BB, 147 K
No 4 Starter Yovanni Gallardo / 12-9, 3.85 ERA, 175.1 IP, 181 H, 71 BB, 129 K
Long Reliever Carlos Villanueva / 5-7, 4.17 ERA, 121.0 IP, 118 H, 32 BB, 94 K
Middle Reliever Matt Wise / 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 0K
Middle Reliever Mitch Stetter / 0-1, 5.57 ERA, 21.0 IP, 22 H, 8 BB, 12 K
Mop-Up Reliever Elmer Dessens / 3-1-1, 5.19 ERA, 60.2 IP, 70 H, 24 BB, 47 K
Setup Reliever Jeremy Accardo/ 4-2-4, 3.58 ERA, 60.1 IP, 57 H, 17 BB, 55 K
Setup Reliever Brian Shouse / 3-1-1, 4.21 ERA, 25.2 IP, 29 H, 5 BB, 14 K
Closer Soichi Fujita / 1-3-25, 2.00 ERA, 36.0 IP, 31 H, 9 BB, 26 K

C Henry Blanco / 203 AB, .212, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 17 BB, 36 K, 0 SB
C Johnny Estrada / 439 AB, .317, 10 HR, 81 RBI, 28 BB, 58 K, 1 SB
1B Brad Nelson / 36 AB, .250, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 4 K, 0 SB
1B Prince Fielder / 612 AB, .302, 28 HR, 120 RBI, 98 BB, 113 K, 25 SB
2B Omar Infante / 234 AB, .256, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 18 BB, 34 K, 4 SB
3B Mark Reynolds / 360 AB, .247, 14 HR, 62 RBI, 33 BB, 98 K, 1 SB
3B Mat Gamel / 204 AB, .230, 0 HR, 24 RBI, 23 BB, 44 K, 0 SB
SS Cesar Izturis / 501 AB, .351, 2 HR, 46 RBI, 41 BB, 51 K, 28 SB
SS Alcides Escobar / 286 AB, .276, 0 HR, 22 RBI, 27 BB, 55 K, 24 SB
LF Shane Victorino / 487 AB, .263, 11 HR, 63 RBI, 54 BB, 77 K, 22 SB
LF Ryan Braun / 617 AB, .323, 38 HR, 117 RBI, 63 BB, 117 K, 23 SB
CF Justin Upton / 446 AB, .267, 11 HR, 51 RBI, 66 BB, 87 K, 17 SB
RF Lorenzo Cain / 58 AB, .207, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 9 BB, 12 K, 3 SB
RF Gabe Gross / 436 AB, .250, 16 HR, 65 RBI, 94 BB, 94 K, 4 SB

SP Chris Volstad
SP Freddy Garcia
MR Wade LeBlanc
MR Atsuri Otsuka
MR Jose Capellan
2B Vinny Rottino
LF Tony Gwynn Jr.
CF Charlie Fermaint
C Mike Rivera
RF Jordan Parraz
2B Hernan Iribarren

were all demoted to AAA Nashville.

SP Aaron Cook refused being demoted and was therefore waved and designated for assignment.

The Nashville Sounds won the Pacific Coast League championship beating the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 4 games to 2. Its their second title in a row.

Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 04:07 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

2nd October 2008

Guess the Braves were the hardest opponent we could get. I also miscalculated that we could lose home field advantage to them. On the other hand we had them as well in the first round last season. We beat them 3 games 1, winning three games in Atlanta. Every Braves starter tonight had at least 10 homers during the regular season.

Game #163 –Milwaukee [0-0] (B. Webb 8-7, 3.56 ERA) at Atlanta [0-0] (M. Harrison 12-10, 4.13 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco

The game started as I feared when Francoeur hit one out of the ballpark in the second. But our usually light hitting catcher Blanco started a rally in the fifth during which we scored six runs on seven hits. But things became once again close in sixth when Webb suddenly couldn't throw strikes anymore. But it looks like I made the right decisions in the bullpen as they finished the game on a very positive note.

Milwaukee at Atlanta: 8-6

W: B. Webb (1-0); L: M. Harrison (0-1)
H: M. Stetter (1), B. Shouse (1), J. Accardo (1)
SV: S. Fujita (1)
HR: H. Blanco (1) / J. Francoeur (1)
SB: C. Izturis (1) / -
CS: - / -
E: M. Gamel (1) / C. Jones (1), B. Lillibridge (1)
MoM: H. Blanco - 3/4, 2 R, HR, 1 RBI

Milwaukee leads series, 1 to 0.

Elsewhere:

Boston at Los Angeles: 5-2

W: J. Beckett (1-0), L: K. Escobar (0-1)
SV: J. Papelbon (1)
HR: J. Natale (1) / J. Rivera
Boston leads series, 1 to 0.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 1-5

W: S. Kazmir (1-0); L: C. Lofgren (0-1)
SV: J. Coutlangus (1)
HR: V. Martinez (1) / D. Young (1)
Tampa Bay leads series, 1 to 0.

Los Angeles at New York: 1-2

W: D. Guerra (1-0); J. McDonald (0-1)
SV: B. Wagner (1)
HR: - / J. Reyes (1)
New York leads series, 1 to 0.

The White Sox closer Bobby Jenks signed a new two year contract worth $5,980,000.

Loeffle · 04-26-2008, 07:31 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

3rd October 2008

Last year we also won game two at Turner Field. To achieve that we need more production from the heart of our lineup. Yesterdays victory was mostly Izturis and Blanco. David Bush will be todays pitcher. He was 3-0 in last years playoffs. No idea why the Braves didn't start Thompson whose ERA is three runs lower than Lerew's today.

Game #164 –Milwaukee [1-0] (D. Bush 18-8, 3.10 ERA) at Atlanta [0-1] (A. Lerew 6-10, 6.45 ERA)

SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante

The first six innings were just peanuts, but things became interesting when the Braves hit two homers off Bush giving them a 5-3 lead. In the ninth we tried a comeback and nobody knows why the Braves brought their closer AFTER the save was already blown. We managed to bat around and scored totally four runs. Fujita was usually rock solid in the bottom of the inning to collect his second save in as many tries. Cesar Izturis went five from five meaning he is eight from eight in the playoffs so far.

Milwaukee at Atlanta: 7-5

W: J. Accardo (1-0); L: E. Ramirez (0-1)
H: - / R. Soriano (1), T. Hodges (1), C. James (1)
BS: E. Ramirez (1)
SV: S. Fujita (2)
HR: R. Braun (1) / J. Saltalamacchia (1), K. Johnson (1), B. Lillibridge (1)
SB: J. Upton (1) / -
CS: C. Izturis (1) / -
E: E. Dessens (1) / -
MoM: J. Saltalamacchia - 3/5, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI

Milwaukee leads series, 2 to 0.

Elsewhere:

Boston at Los Angeles: 6-4

W: J. Lester (1-0), L: S. Baker (0-1)
SV: J. Papelbon (2)
HR: D. Ortiz (1) / M. Collins (1)
Boston leads series, 2 to 0.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 2-1

W: A. Miller (1-0); L: J. Hammel (0-1)
SV: R. Betancourt (1)
HR: R. Branyan (1), T. Hafner (1) / R. Baldelli (1)
Series tied at 1.

Devil Rays LF Carl Crawford (.321, 21 HR, 104 RBI) will miss at least two weeks with a bruised wrist.

Los Angeles at New York: 4-5

W: J. Smith (1-0); T. Sipp (0-1)
SV: B. Wagner (2)
HR: - / -
New York leads series, 2 to 0.

Loeffle · 04-27-2008, 12:25 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

5th October 2008

I hope the parallels with last season end today and we will end the Braves season at Miller Park tonight. Our bullpen is still rather tired as almost everybody was used in the first two games.

Game #165 –Atlanta [0-2] (P. Maholm 8-3, 3.72 ERA) at Milwaukee [2-0] (C. Capuano 18-7, 4.08 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco

The game was a real playoff pitchers duel until the Atlanta manager made the mistake off lifting his starter too late. This gave us a chance to bring runners on base and Naughty Chow Fielder hit one out of the park giving us a five run lead. Capuano kept the Braves power bats in check and recorded a complete game. This sweep brings us to the second round of the playoffs.

Atlanta at Milwaukee: 1-6

W: C. Capuano (1-0); L: P. Maholm (0-1)
HR: - / P. Fielder (1)
SB: - / -
CS: - / -
E: B. Lillibridge (1) / P. Fielder (1), A. Escobar (1)
MoM: C. Capuano - 1/3, 1 R, 1 RBI - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Milwaukee sweeps series, 3 to 0.

Elsewhere:

Los Angeles at Boston: 7-1

W: J. Lackey (1-0), L: D. Matsuzaka (0-1)
HR: - / D. Ortiz (2)
Boston leads series, 2 to 1.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland: 4-1

W: J. Howell (1-0); L: C. Sabathia (0-1)
SV: C. Ray (1)
HR: - / T. Hafner (2)
Tampa Bay leads series, 2 to 1.

Devil Rays LF Carl Crawford (.321, 21 HR, 104 RBI) will miss at least two weeks with a bruised wrist.

New York at Los Angeles: 6-5

W: J. Maine (1-0); A. Reyes (0-1)
SV: B. Wagner (3)
HR: M. Barrett (1), C. Delgado / -
New York sweeps series, 3 to 0.

Loeffle · 04-27-2008, 12:43 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

6th October 2008

CL Patrick Ryan (6-3-29, 1.46 ERA) won the 2008 Florida State League Pitcher of the Year award.

The Indians reliever Logan Kensing (3-2-4, 2.76 ERA) signed a new 2 year contract worth $7,520,000.

Former Brewer Alan Embree (3-1-3, 4.43 ERA) signed a new 2 year contract worth $1,680,000 with the Diamondbacks.

Los Angeles at Boston: 2-5

W: J. Beckett (2-0), L: J. Hirsh (0-1)
SV: J. Papelbom (3)
HR: V. Guerrero (1) / D. Ortiz (3), J. Ellsbury (1), J. Natale
Boston wins series, 3 to 1.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland: 2-3

W: F. Cabrera (1-0); L: C. Ray (0-1)
HR: R. Baldelli (2), W. Bankston (1) / T. Hafner (3)
Series is tied at 2.

Loeffle · 04-27-2008, 01:01 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

8th October 2008

Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 4-6

W: J. Hammel (1-1); L: A. Miller (1-1)
SV: C. Ray (2)
HR: R. Branyan (2) / -
Tampa Bay wins series, 3 to 2.

Loeffle · 04-27-2008, 04:56 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

10th October 2008

Braves reliever Rafael Soriano (9-0-7, 3.10 ERA) signed a new 3 year contract worth $4,490,000.

2B Robinson Cano (.313, 23 HR, 97 RBI) will be in Yankee jersey for 2 more years. He will earn $18,920,00 in that period.

We kick of the NL Championship Series against the Mets in Shea Stadium. We won the regular season series 5 games to 4. The Mets own the far best pitching staff and bullpen of the National League.

Game #166 – Milwaukee [3-0] (B. Webb 1-0, 8.10 ERA) at New York [3-0] (J. Maine 1-0, 5.87 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante

A pretty and worthy playoff battle where nobody knew who'd leave the game as winners. A Gabe Gross homer gave us an early 2-1 lead. But Lastings Milledge countered after Braun fumbled the inning ending flyball. We tied the game once more in the seventh, but a Fielder error allowed the Mets to score the go ahead run. Their bullpen was just perfect to finish the game.

Milwaukee at New York: 4-5

W: R. Mahay (1-0); L: B. Webb (1-1)
H: P. Feliciano (1), B. League (2)
BS: R. Mahay (1)
SV: B. Wagner (4)
HR: G. Gross (1) / L. Milledge (1)
SB: - / -
CS: - / M. Barrett (1)
E: R. Braun, P. Fielder / -
MoM: G. Gross - 2/4, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI

New York leads series, 1 to 0.

Elsewhere:

Boston at Tampa Bay: 11-9

W: D. Matsuzaka (1-1), L: S. Kazmir (1-1)
SV: J. Papelbon (4)
HR: J. Drew (1), W. Pena (1), C. Crisp (1), J. Natale (3), G. Kottaras (1) / B. Upton (1)
Boston leads series, 1 to 0.

Loeffle · 04-30-2008, 06:55 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

11th October 2008

Wouldn't be good to lose game 2 as well. Hopefully Bush can stay unbeaten in his sixth career playoff start.

Game #167 – Milwaukee [3-1] (D. Bush 0-0, 7.11 ERA) at New York [4-0] (P. Humber 0-0, 1.50 ERA)

SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante

This was a really worthy playoffgame with two very dominant pitchers. We took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, which the Mets tied in the seventh. They had a good chance to win it in the ninth, when the were caught stealing third with no outs. When Bush left the game after nine full innings, troubles began. We couldn't bring home pinch runner Cain. The Mets did much better with their pinchhitter Carp and took therefore a 2-0 lead.

Milwaukee at New York: 1-2 (10)

W: D. Sanchez (1-0); L: B. Shouse (0-1)
HR: - / C. Gomez (1)
SB: L. Cain (1) / J. Reyes (1), C. Gomez (1)
CS: P. Fielder (1) / J. Reyes (1)
E: D. Bush, J. Estrada / -
MoM: D. Bush - 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, O BB, 1 K

New York leads series, 2 to 0.

Elsewhere:

Boston at Tampa Bay: 7-4

W: J. Beckett (3-0), L: J. Howell (1-1)
SV: J. Papelbon (5)
HR: J. Drew (2), J. Natale (4) / T. Wiggington (1), R. Baldelli (3)
Boston leads series, 2 to 0.

We demote Elmer Dessens to AAA, because Aaron Cook refuses getting demoted.

Loeffle · 05-01-2008, 04:27 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

13th October 2008

This is a must win game. I'm quite sure we won't overcome a three game deficit against the Mets superiour pitching. Hopefully Capuano can deliver on the mound and behind the plate. The Mets will also send a lefty to the mound, which means Blanco gets the start. Good to control their running game.

Game #166 –New York [5-0] (W. Collazo 0-0, 0.00 ERA) at Milwaukee [3-2] (C. Capuano 1-0, 1.00 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - CF J. Upton - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - 3B M. Reynolds - RF L. Cain - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco

A very wild one which saw us already close to ellimination. Braun had a great day at the plate, but his homers just managed to tie the game at 4. We gave the bullpen nevertheless a 6-4, but closer Fujita blew the save. Mets closer Wagner took the mound in the bottom of the night, loaded the bases with no outs, but pitched out of trouble. With two outs he had a full count on pinch hitter Gabe Gross who just stood there to take ball four giving us the walk off victory. The Mets suffered another blow when they learnt that 3B Wright is out for two weeks. Currently they have no other player on the playoff roster who can play 3B

New York at Milwaukee: 6-7

W: S. Fujita (1-0); L: B. Wagner (0-1)
H: J. Accardo (2)
BS: S. Fujita (1)
HR: D. Wright (1), P. Lo Duca (1) / R. Braun 2 (3)
SB: - / -
CS: - / -
E: B. Wagner / C. Capuano
MoM: R. Braun - 2/3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB

New York leads series, 2 to 1.

Elsewhere:

Tampa Bay at Boston: 4-3

W: J. Shields (1-0), L: J. Lester (1-1)
SV: C. Ray (3)
HR: D. Young (2) / -
Boston leads series, 2 to 1.

The Mets placed Wright on the DL. Fernando Tatis (.250, 0 HR, 2 RBI) takes his spot.

Loeffle · 05-02-2008, 06:26 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

14th October 2008

I decide to give Gallardo the start even if he didn't start this postseason yet. Webb isn't 100 % rested and didn't pitch that well recently. So hopefully Gallardo, whohad an 1.74 ERA in september, can get the job done. The Mets are in the same situation, but decide to start NL Cy Young winner Maine.

Game #167 – New York [5-1] (J. Maine 1-0, 5.65 ERA) at Milwaukee [4-2] (Y. Gallardo 0-0, 0.00 ERA)

SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante

Gallardo had a shaky start by giving up a lead off triple, but limited the Mets eventually to only five hits in seven innings. They produced nevertheless four runs and we had to get a rally started. But sadly we only managed one more run in the seventh. So the Mets need only one more win to advance to the world series.

New York at Milwaukee: 4-3

W: J. Maine (2-0); L: Y. Gallardo (0-1)
H: D. Sanchez (1), B. League (3), P. Feliciano (2), J. Smith (1)
SV: B. Wagner (5)
HR: - / -
SB: - / -
CS: - / -
E: - / Y. Gallardo
MoM: J. Maine - 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

New York leads series, 3 to 1.

Elsewhere:

Tampa Bay at Boston: 4-5

W: C. Buchholz (1-0), L: J. Shiels (1-1)
SV: J. Papelbon (6)
HR: E. Longoria (1) / W. Pena (2), C. Crisp (2), D. Pedroia (1)
Boston leads series, 3 to 1.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 10:29 AM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

15th October 2008

We are now at the point of no return, one more loss and the season is over. We never faced this point during last seasons road to the World Series. Of course Webb, Bush and Capuano are capable of giving us three good starts in a row, but will the bullpen have three good days in a row as well? The Mets pitching seems from another planet: when their starter struggles, they still have the best bullpen in the game.

Game #168 – New York [6-1] (D. Guerra 1-0, 1.13 ERA) at Milwaukee [4-3] (B. Webb 1-1, 5.93 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar

The game started as another one dominated by pitching. We took nevertheless a 2-0 thanks to a Fielder RBI double in the third. So all we needed was to protect the lead until the end. The Mets were stroke by bad luck when also their replacement 3B Tatis was injured and Carp with no previous 3B experience had to finish the game. Carp commited an error on his first chance allowing us to take a 3-1 lead after four innings. Webb worked hard but struggled finding the strike zone. He had five walks after five innings, but got some help by Estrada and a couple of double plays. We kept on scoring against 19 year old Guerra making it 5-1 after six innings. After Carp threw another ball away the score was 7-1 and Webb handed the game to the bullpen. Eventually the bullpen did fine and defensive replacement Cain added two more runs.
Curious to see what the Mets do with 3B after this game.

New York at Milwaukee: 1-9

W: B. Webb (2-1); L: D. Guerra (1-1)
HR: - / J. Upton (1)
SB: O. Hudson (1) / -
CS: J. Reyes (2) / -
E: M. Carp 2 / -
MoM: B. Webb - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 1 K

New York leads series, 3 to 2.

Elsewhere:

Tampa Bay at Boston: 14-8 (10)

W: C. Ray (1-1), L: H. Okajima (0-1)
HR: - / K. Youkilis (1)
Boston leads series, 3 to 2.

Okajima and Papelbon suffered an epic meltdown in the top of the tenth, allowing seven hits, walking two and getting only one out.

The Mets also placed Tatis on the DL. Ruben Gotay (.283, 1 HR, 7 RBI) who played only 15 games in his career at 3B gets the call. We will never know why Shawn Bowman (.255, 1 HR, 12 RBI - AAA) didn't get promotod. At least the can play 3B. Maybe Bud Black didn't want to send a Canadian to the World Series?

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 01:24 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

17th October 2008

Back to New York where the National League champion will be crowned one way or another. Bush will try to stay unbeaten also in his seventh career playoff start. We will also rely on the hot bats of Izturis, Upton and Gross who all do very well so far in the playoffs.

Game #169 –Milwaukee [5-3] (D. Bush 0-0, 3.52 ERA) at New York [6-2] (P. Humber 0-0, 1.26 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar

We set the tone in the first inning when we scored four runs on six hits and two walks. The Mets were never able to recover as our offense really ran hot. Moving Gross to bat 2nd and Upton to 5th in the order seems to work. Upton leads the club in playoff RBI's now. Mets 3B Gotay commited an error - of course. Tomorrow Game 7!

Milwaukee at New York: 8-2

W: D. Bush (1-0); L: P. Humber (0-1)
HR: - / O. Hudson (1)
SB: A. Escobar (1) / -
CS: - / -
E: D. Bush / R. Gotay
MoM: J. Upton - 2/5, 1 R, 3 RBI

Series tied at 3.

Elsewhere:

Boston at Tampa Bay: 7-3

W: J. Beckett (4-0), L: J. Hellickson (0-1)
HR: - / E. Longoria (2)
Boston wins series, 4 to 2 and advances to 2008 World Series.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 05:55 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

18th October 2008

It's time to play ball and decide who will face the Red Sox in the World Series. We have the momentum on our side after the Mets failed to eliminate us twice. Sadly our starter Capuano is not 100 % rested, but I feel it's better to start him compared to Gallardo or Villanueva. The Mets will once again send Maine to the battle. He isn't 100 % rested either... In terms of offense we stick to the old Badenian football saying "never change a winning team"!

Game #170 –Milwaukee [6-3] (C. Capuano 1-0, 2.81 ERA) at New York [6-3] (J. Maine 2-0, 4.87 ERA)

2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar

Game 7 was epic. We took an early 3-0 lead thanks to a Fielder homerun. But the Mets quickly mashed Capuano and were up 7-4 after three innings. Maine seemed to cruise to victory, but Fielder hit another homer in the eighth making it 8-6 for the Mets. Wagner came on to close it out and our hopes to tie the game were small, until Izturis hit a two out triple to make it 8-7. Hopes were high as Gross who hit .364 in the postseason came to the plate, but he went down looking ...
Mets advance to the World Series 2008.

Milwaukee at New York: 7-8

W: J. Maine (3-0); L: C. Capuano (1-1)
H: J. Smith (2), B. League (4)
SV: B. Wagner (6)
HR: P. Fielder 2 (3) / M. Carp (1), R. Gotay (1), L. Milledge (2)
SB: - / R. Gotay (1), O. Hudson (2), C. Gomez (2)
CS: - / L. Milledge (1), C. Gomez (1)
E: M. Reynolds / -
MoM: P. Fielder - 2/5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI

New York wins series, 4 games to 3.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 06:21 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

20th October 2008

New York at Boston: 6-4 (13)

W: B. League (1-0); L: C. Hansen (0-1)
HR - / -
New York leads series, 1 to 0.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 06:29 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

21st October 2008

New York at Boston: 4-10

W: J. Pineiro (1-0); L: R. Mahay (1-1)
HR: M. Barrett 2 (3) / K. Youkilis (2)
Series is tied at 1.

Mets CF Lastings Milledge (.324, 20 HR, 86 RBI) will miss the rest of the series with a tender elbow ligament. Ex-Brewer Drew Anderson (.216, 2 HR, 10 RBI) will take his spot.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 06:37 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

23rd October 2008

Boston at New York: 6-8

W: B. League (2-0); L: L. Papelbon (0-1)
HR J. Drew (3), J. Ellsbury (2) / M. Barrett (4)
New York leads series, 2 to 1.

Loeffle · 05-03-2008, 06:42 PM

October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

24th October 2008

Boston at New York: 6-3

W: C. Buchholz (2-0); L: D. Guerra (1-2)
SV: J. Papelbon (7)
HR: - / R. Gotay 2 (3)
Series is tied at 2.

04-26-2008, 12:29 PM	#243 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 1st October 2008 2008 Regular Season Stats American League Batting Average E. Longoria (TBA) .341 M. Tejada (BAL) .340 E. Aybar (LAA) . 328 On-Base Percentage N. Johnson (WAS) .398 T. Hafner (CLE) .390 J. Mauer (MIN) .385 Slugging Percentage T. Glaus (TOR) .611 P. Konerko (CHA) .604 E. Longoria (TBA) .589 VORP E. Longoria (TBA) 69.5 M. Tejada (BAL) 64.0 T. Tracy (OAK) 60.2 Hits M. Tejada (BAL) 213 E. Longoria (TBA) 211 E. Aybar (LAA) 198 Doubles M. Tejada (BAL) 51 B. Butler (SEA) 49 J. Natale (BOS) 49 Triples M. Izturis (WAS) 11 B. Upton (TBA) 11 R. Baldelli (TBA), C. Crawford (TBA), P. Mattingly (VAN) all 10 Home Runs T. Glaus (TOR) 55 P. Konerko (CHA) 50 D. Ortiz (BOS), N. Swisher (OAK) both 42 Runs Batted In P. Konerko (CHA) 131 T. Glaus (TOR) 126 E. Longoria (TBA) 122 Runs Scored B. Upton (TBA) 123 T. Hafner (CLE) 121 P. Konerko (CHA) 121 Stolen Bases C. Crawford (TBA) 60 SB D. Roberts (TEX) 46 SB B. Upton (TBA) 41 SB Bases on Balls T. Hafner (CLE) 116 D. Ortiz (BOS) 107 J. Giambi (NYA) 95 Strikeouts B. Wood (LAA) 178 N. Swisher (OAK) 164 R. Branyan (CLE) 158 Extra Base Hits T. Glaus (TOR) 85 P. Konerko (CHA) 83 R. Baldelli (TBA), D. Ortiz (BOS), M. Tejada (BAL) all 79 Total Bases P. Konerko (CHA) 376 E. Longoria (TBA) 364 T. Glaus (TOR) 359 Earned Run Average F. Hernandez (SEA) 2.75 F. Liriano (MIN) 2.83 S. Kazmir (TBA) 3.11 Wins F. Liriano (MIN) 19 J. Howell (TBA) 18 T. Lackey (LAA) 18 Losses O. Perez (KCA) 21 J. Verlander (DET) 20 A. Burnett (VAN) 19 Saves J. Putz (SEA) 46 S. Casilla (BAL) 40 C. Cordero (WAS) 37 Innings Pitched R. Halladay (TOR) 253.1 IP R. Harden (OAK) 242.0 IP J. Santana (MIN) 241.1 IP VORP F. Hernandez (SEA) 65.9 F. Liriano (MIN) 65.3 J. Beckett (BOS) 64.6 Bases on Balls A. Loewen (BAL) 108 D. Cabrera (BAL) 105 E. Bedard (KCA) 79 Strikeouts F. Liriano (MIN) 219 R. Harden (OAK) 213 D. Cabrera (BAL) 212 WHIP F. Hernandez (SEA) 1.10 S. Kazmir (TBA) 1.10 F. Liriano (MIN) 1.11 Hits Allowed R. Halladay (TOR) 263 C.C. Sabathia (CLE) 263 D. Haren (OAK) 262 Home Runs Allowed J. Santana (MIN) 42 J. Vazquez (CHA) 38 J. Verlander (DET) 37 National League Batting Average C. Izturis (MIL) .351 C. Lee (HOU) .344 S. Rolen (SLN) . 334 On-Base Percentage S. Rolen (SLN) .412 M. Cabrera (FlO) .403 P. Fielder (MIL) .397 Slugging Percentage M. Cabrera (FLO) .631 C. Lee (HOU) .619 S. Rolen (SLN) .589 VORP M. Cabrera (FLO) 86.6 S. Rolen (SLN) 77.1 A. Pujols (SLN) 74.5 Hits C. Lee (HOU) 207 R. Braun (MIL) 199 H. Ramirez (FLO) 195 Doubles C. Jackson (ARI) 50 H. Ramirez (FLO) 48 B. McCann (ATL) 47 Triples C. Gomez (NYN) 10 B. Lillibridge (ATL) 10 J. Upton (MIL) 10 Home Runs M. Cabrera (FLO) 49 R. Howard (PHI) 47 P. Burrell (PHI) 43 Runs Batted In R. Braun (MIL) 126 M. Cabrera (FLO) 122 R. Howard (PHI) 121 Runs Scored M. Cabrera (FLO) 123 R. Braun (MIL) 120 J. Reyes (NYN) 118 Stolen Bases J. Reyes (NYN) 60 SB E. Burriss (SFN) 53 SB H. Ramirez (FLO) 38 SB Bases on Balls A. Dunn (ATL) 115 P. Fielder (MIL) 98 B. Bonds (FLO), G. Gross (MIL) both 94 Strikeouts R. Howard (PHI) 175 J. Bay (PIT) 148 B. Lillibridge (ATL) 147 Extra Base Hits C. Lee (HOU) 86 R. Braun (MIL) 82 A. Soriano (CHN) 81 Total Bases C. Lee (HOU) 372 M. Cabrera (FLO) 366 R. Braun (MIL) 362 Earned Run Average J. Maine (NYN) 2.97 D. Bush (MIL) 3.10 C. Zambrano (CHN) 3.22 Wins J. Peavy (SDN) 21 C. Zambrano (CHN) 19 D. Bush (MIL), C. Capuano (MIL) both18 Losses M. Albers (HOU) 17 J. Mateo (BUF) 17 F. Morales (COL), R. Oswalt (HOU), A. Reyes (LAN) all 16 Saves T. Gordon (PHI) 42 B. Wagner (ATL) 42 M. Gonzalez (ATL) 39 Innings Pitched C. Zambrano (CHN) 235.0 IP J. Maine (NYN) 233.2 IP D. Bush (MIL) 229.2 IP VORP C. Zambrano (CHN) 62.7 J. Maine (NYN) 61.4 D. Bush (MIL) 61.3 Bases on Balls C. Zambrano (CHN) 103 J. Sanchez (SFN) 93 R. Vanden Hurk (FLO) 89 Strikeouts C. Zambrano (CHN) 240 J. Peavy (SDN) 229 C. Hamels (PHI) 219 WHIP J. Peavy (SDN) 1.03 O. Matos (SFN) 1.11 J. McDonald (LAN) 1.12 Hits Allowed C. Carpenter (SLN) 242 J. Garcia (SLN) 237 R. Oswalt (HOU) 230 Home Runs Allowed C. Capuano (MIL) 41 A. Harang (CIN) 39 M. Prior (CHN), A. Reyes (LAN) all 39 __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-26-2008, 01:24 PM	#244 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 1st October 2008 Milwaukee Brewers Playoff-Roster: No 1 Starter Brandon Webb / 16-11, 3.31 ERA, 228.1 IP, 220 H, 63 BB, 162 K No 2 Starter David Bush / 18-8, 3.10 ERA, 229.2 IP, 207 H, 52 BB, 147 K No 3 Starter Chris Capuano / 18-7, 4.08 ERA, 222.2 IP, 213 H, 62 BB, 147 K No 4 Starter Yovanni Gallardo / 12-9, 3.85 ERA, 175.1 IP, 181 H, 71 BB, 129 K Long Reliever Carlos Villanueva / 5-7, 4.17 ERA, 121.0 IP, 118 H, 32 BB, 94 K Middle Reliever Matt Wise / 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 0K Middle Reliever Mitch Stetter / 0-1, 5.57 ERA, 21.0 IP, 22 H, 8 BB, 12 K Mop-Up Reliever Elmer Dessens / 3-1-1, 5.19 ERA, 60.2 IP, 70 H, 24 BB, 47 K Setup Reliever Jeremy Accardo/ 4-2-4, 3.58 ERA, 60.1 IP, 57 H, 17 BB, 55 K Setup Reliever Brian Shouse / 3-1-1, 4.21 ERA, 25.2 IP, 29 H, 5 BB, 14 K Closer Soichi Fujita / 1-3-25, 2.00 ERA, 36.0 IP, 31 H, 9 BB, 26 K C Henry Blanco / 203 AB, .212, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 17 BB, 36 K, 0 SB C Johnny Estrada / 439 AB, .317, 10 HR, 81 RBI, 28 BB, 58 K, 1 SB 1B Brad Nelson / 36 AB, .250, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 4 K, 0 SB 1B Prince Fielder / 612 AB, .302, 28 HR, 120 RBI, 98 BB, 113 K, 25 SB 2B Omar Infante / 234 AB, .256, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 18 BB, 34 K, 4 SB 3B Mark Reynolds / 360 AB, .247, 14 HR, 62 RBI, 33 BB, 98 K, 1 SB 3B Mat Gamel / 204 AB, .230, 0 HR, 24 RBI, 23 BB, 44 K, 0 SB SS Cesar Izturis / 501 AB, .351, 2 HR, 46 RBI, 41 BB, 51 K, 28 SB SS Alcides Escobar / 286 AB, .276, 0 HR, 22 RBI, 27 BB, 55 K, 24 SB LF Shane Victorino / 487 AB, .263, 11 HR, 63 RBI, 54 BB, 77 K, 22 SB LF Ryan Braun / 617 AB, .323, 38 HR, 117 RBI, 63 BB, 117 K, 23 SB CF Justin Upton / 446 AB, .267, 11 HR, 51 RBI, 66 BB, 87 K, 17 SB RF Lorenzo Cain / 58 AB, .207, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 9 BB, 12 K, 3 SB RF Gabe Gross / 436 AB, .250, 16 HR, 65 RBI, 94 BB, 94 K, 4 SB SP Chris Volstad SP Freddy Garcia MR Wade LeBlanc MR Atsuri Otsuka MR Jose Capellan 2B Vinny Rottino LF Tony Gwynn Jr. CF Charlie Fermaint C Mike Rivera RF Jordan Parraz 2B Hernan Iribarren were all demoted to AAA Nashville. SP Aaron Cook refused being demoted and was therefore waved and designated for assignment. The Nashville Sounds won the Pacific Coast League championship beating the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 4 games to 2. Its their second title in a row. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-26-2008, 04:07 PM	#245 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 2nd October 2008 Guess the Braves were the hardest opponent we could get. I also miscalculated that we could lose home field advantage to them. On the other hand we had them as well in the first round last season. We beat them 3 games 1, winning three games in Atlanta. Every Braves starter tonight had at least 10 homers during the regular season. Game #163 –Milwaukee [0-0] (B. Webb 8-7, 3.56 ERA) at Atlanta [0-0] (M. Harrison 12-10, 4.13 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco The game started as I feared when Francoeur hit one out of the ballpark in the second. But our usually light hitting catcher Blanco started a rally in the fifth during which we scored six runs on seven hits. But things became once again close in sixth when Webb suddenly couldn't throw strikes anymore. But it looks like I made the right decisions in the bullpen as they finished the game on a very positive note. Milwaukee at Atlanta: 8-6 W: B. Webb (1-0); L: M. Harrison (0-1) H: M. Stetter (1), B. Shouse (1), J. Accardo (1) SV: S. Fujita (1) HR: H. Blanco (1) / J. Francoeur (1) SB: C. Izturis (1) / - CS: - / - E: M. Gamel (1) / C. Jones (1), B. Lillibridge (1) MoM: H. Blanco - 3/4, 2 R, HR, 1 RBI Milwaukee leads series, 1 to 0. Elsewhere: Boston at Los Angeles: 5-2 W: J. Beckett (1-0), L: K. Escobar (0-1) SV: J. Papelbon (1) HR: J. Natale (1) / J. Rivera Boston leads series, 1 to 0. Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 1-5 W: S. Kazmir (1-0); L: C. Lofgren (0-1) SV: J. Coutlangus (1) HR: V. Martinez (1) / D. Young (1) Tampa Bay leads series, 1 to 0. Los Angeles at New York: 1-2 W: D. Guerra (1-0); J. McDonald (0-1) SV: B. Wagner (1) HR: - / J. Reyes (1) New York leads series, 1 to 0. The White Sox closer Bobby Jenks signed a new two year contract worth $5,980,000. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-26-2008, 07:31 PM	#246 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 3rd October 2008 Last year we also won game two at Turner Field. To achieve that we need more production from the heart of our lineup. Yesterdays victory was mostly Izturis and Blanco. David Bush will be todays pitcher. He was 3-0 in last years playoffs. No idea why the Braves didn't start Thompson whose ERA is three runs lower than Lerew's today. Game #164 –Milwaukee [1-0] (D. Bush 18-8, 3.10 ERA) at Atlanta [0-1] (A. Lerew 6-10, 6.45 ERA) SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante The first six innings were just peanuts, but things became interesting when the Braves hit two homers off Bush giving them a 5-3 lead. In the ninth we tried a comeback and nobody knows why the Braves brought their closer AFTER the save was already blown. We managed to bat around and scored totally four runs. Fujita was usually rock solid in the bottom of the inning to collect his second save in as many tries. Cesar Izturis went five from five meaning he is eight from eight in the playoffs so far. Milwaukee at Atlanta: 7-5 W: J. Accardo (1-0); L: E. Ramirez (0-1) H: - / R. Soriano (1), T. Hodges (1), C. James (1) BS: E. Ramirez (1) SV: S. Fujita (2) HR: R. Braun (1) / J. Saltalamacchia (1), K. Johnson (1), B. Lillibridge (1) SB: J. Upton (1) / - CS: C. Izturis (1) / - E: E. Dessens (1) / - MoM: J. Saltalamacchia - 3/5, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI Milwaukee leads series, 2 to 0. Elsewhere: Boston at Los Angeles: 6-4 W: J. Lester (1-0), L: S. Baker (0-1) SV: J. Papelbon (2) HR: D. Ortiz (1) / M. Collins (1) Boston leads series, 2 to 0. Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 2-1 W: A. Miller (1-0); L: J. Hammel (0-1) SV: R. Betancourt (1) HR: R. Branyan (1), T. Hafner (1) / R. Baldelli (1) Series tied at 1. Devil Rays LF Carl Crawford (.321, 21 HR, 104 RBI) will miss at least two weeks with a bruised wrist. Los Angeles at New York: 4-5 W: J. Smith (1-0); T. Sipp (0-1) SV: B. Wagner (2) HR: - / - New York leads series, 2 to 0. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-27-2008, 12:25 PM	#247 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 5th October 2008 I hope the parallels with last season end today and we will end the Braves season at Miller Park tonight. Our bullpen is still rather tired as almost everybody was used in the first two games. Game #165 –Atlanta [0-2] (P. Maholm 8-3, 3.72 ERA) at Milwaukee [2-0] (C. Capuano 18-7, 4.08 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco The game was a real playoff pitchers duel until the Atlanta manager made the mistake off lifting his starter too late. This gave us a chance to bring runners on base and Naughty Chow Fielder hit one out of the park giving us a five run lead. Capuano kept the Braves power bats in check and recorded a complete game. This sweep brings us to the second round of the playoffs. Atlanta at Milwaukee: 1-6 W: C. Capuano (1-0); L: P. Maholm (0-1) HR: - / P. Fielder (1) SB: - / - CS: - / - E: B. Lillibridge (1) / P. Fielder (1), A. Escobar (1) MoM: C. Capuano - 1/3, 1 R, 1 RBI - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Milwaukee sweeps series, 3 to 0. Elsewhere: Los Angeles at Boston: 7-1 W: J. Lackey (1-0), L: D. Matsuzaka (0-1) HR: - / D. Ortiz (2) Boston leads series, 2 to 1. Tampa Bay at Cleveland: 4-1 W: J. Howell (1-0); L: C. Sabathia (0-1) SV: C. Ray (1) HR: - / T. Hafner (2) Tampa Bay leads series, 2 to 1. Devil Rays LF Carl Crawford (.321, 21 HR, 104 RBI) will miss at least two weeks with a bruised wrist. New York at Los Angeles: 6-5 W: J. Maine (1-0); A. Reyes (0-1) SV: B. Wagner (3) HR: M. Barrett (1), C. Delgado / - New York sweeps series, 3 to 0. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 04-27-2008 at 12:26 PM.

04-27-2008, 12:43 PM	#248 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 6th October 2008 CL Patrick Ryan (6-3-29, 1.46 ERA) won the 2008 Florida State League Pitcher of the Year award. The Indians reliever Logan Kensing (3-2-4, 2.76 ERA) signed a new 2 year contract worth $7,520,000. Former Brewer Alan Embree (3-1-3, 4.43 ERA) signed a new 2 year contract worth $1,680,000 with the Diamondbacks. Los Angeles at Boston: 2-5 W: J. Beckett (2-0), L: J. Hirsh (0-1) SV: J. Papelbom (3) HR: V. Guerrero (1) / D. Ortiz (3), J. Ellsbury (1), J. Natale Boston wins series, 3 to 1. Tampa Bay at Cleveland: 2-3 W: F. Cabrera (1-0); L: C. Ray (0-1) HR: R. Baldelli (2), W. Bankston (1) / T. Hafner (3) Series is tied at 2. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 04-27-2008 at 01:09 PM.

04-27-2008, 01:01 PM	#249 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 8th October 2008 Cleveland at Tampa Bay: 4-6 W: J. Hammel (1-1); L: A. Miller (1-1) SV: C. Ray (2) HR: R. Branyan (2) / - Tampa Bay wins series, 3 to 2. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-27-2008, 04:56 PM	#250 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 10th October 2008 Braves reliever Rafael Soriano (9-0-7, 3.10 ERA) signed a new 3 year contract worth $4,490,000. 2B Robinson Cano (.313, 23 HR, 97 RBI) will be in Yankee jersey for 2 more years. He will earn $18,920,00 in that period. We kick of the NL Championship Series against the Mets in Shea Stadium. We won the regular season series 5 games to 4. The Mets own the far best pitching staff and bullpen of the National League. Game #166 – Milwaukee [3-0] (B. Webb 1-0, 8.10 ERA) at New York [3-0] (J. Maine 1-0, 5.87 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante A pretty and worthy playoff battle where nobody knew who'd leave the game as winners. A Gabe Gross homer gave us an early 2-1 lead. But Lastings Milledge countered after Braun fumbled the inning ending flyball. We tied the game once more in the seventh, but a Fielder error allowed the Mets to score the go ahead run. Their bullpen was just perfect to finish the game. Milwaukee at New York: 4-5 W: R. Mahay (1-0); L: B. Webb (1-1) H: P. Feliciano (1), B. League (2) BS: R. Mahay (1) SV: B. Wagner (4) HR: G. Gross (1) / L. Milledge (1) SB: - / - CS: - / M. Barrett (1) E: R. Braun, P. Fielder / - MoM: G. Gross - 2/4, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI New York leads series, 1 to 0. Elsewhere: Boston at Tampa Bay: 11-9 W: D. Matsuzaka (1-1), L: S. Kazmir (1-1) SV: J. Papelbon (4) HR: J. Drew (1), W. Pena (1), C. Crisp (1), J. Natale (3), G. Kottaras (1) / B. Upton (1) Boston leads series, 1 to 0. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

04-30-2008, 06:55 PM	#251 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 11th October 2008 Wouldn't be good to lose game 2 as well. Hopefully Bush can stay unbeaten in his sixth career playoff start. Game #167 – Milwaukee [3-1] (D. Bush 0-0, 7.11 ERA) at New York [4-0] (P. Humber 0-0, 1.50 ERA) SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante This was a really worthy playoffgame with two very dominant pitchers. We took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, which the Mets tied in the seventh. They had a good chance to win it in the ninth, when the were caught stealing third with no outs. When Bush left the game after nine full innings, troubles began. We couldn't bring home pinch runner Cain. The Mets did much better with their pinchhitter Carp and took therefore a 2-0 lead. Milwaukee at New York: 1-2 (10) W: D. Sanchez (1-0); L: B. Shouse (0-1) HR: - / C. Gomez (1) SB: L. Cain (1) / J. Reyes (1), C. Gomez (1) CS: P. Fielder (1) / J. Reyes (1) E: D. Bush, J. Estrada / - MoM: D. Bush - 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, O BB, 1 K New York leads series, 2 to 0. Elsewhere: Boston at Tampa Bay: 7-4 W: J. Beckett (3-0), L: J. Howell (1-1) SV: J. Papelbon (5) HR: J. Drew (2), J. Natale (4) / T. Wiggington (1), R. Baldelli (3) Boston leads series, 2 to 0. We demote Elmer Dessens to AAA, because Aaron Cook refuses getting demoted. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-01-2008, 04:27 PM	#252 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 13th October 2008 This is a must win game. I'm quite sure we won't overcome a three game deficit against the Mets superiour pitching. Hopefully Capuano can deliver on the mound and behind the plate. The Mets will also send a lefty to the mound, which means Blanco gets the start. Good to control their running game. Game #166 –New York [5-0] (W. Collazo 0-0, 0.00 ERA) at Milwaukee [3-2] (C. Capuano 1-0, 1.00 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - CF J. Upton - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - 3B M. Reynolds - RF L. Cain - SS A. Escobar - C H. Blanco A very wild one which saw us already close to ellimination. Braun had a great day at the plate, but his homers just managed to tie the game at 4. We gave the bullpen nevertheless a 6-4, but closer Fujita blew the save. Mets closer Wagner took the mound in the bottom of the night, loaded the bases with no outs, but pitched out of trouble. With two outs he had a full count on pinch hitter Gabe Gross who just stood there to take ball four giving us the walk off victory. The Mets suffered another blow when they learnt that 3B Wright is out for two weeks. Currently they have no other player on the playoff roster who can play 3B New York at Milwaukee: 6-7 W: S. Fujita (1-0); L: B. Wagner (0-1) H: J. Accardo (2) BS: S. Fujita (1) HR: D. Wright (1), P. Lo Duca (1) / R. Braun 2 (3) SB: - / - CS: - / - E: B. Wagner / C. Capuano MoM: R. Braun - 2/3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB New York leads series, 2 to 1. Elsewhere: Tampa Bay at Boston: 4-3 W: J. Shields (1-0), L: J. Lester (1-1) SV: C. Ray (3) HR: D. Young (2) / - Boston leads series, 2 to 1. The Mets placed Wright on the DL. Fernando Tatis (.250, 0 HR, 2 RBI) takes his spot. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 05-02-2008 at 04:12 PM.

05-02-2008, 06:26 PM	#253 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 14th October 2008 I decide to give Gallardo the start even if he didn't start this postseason yet. Webb isn't 100 % rested and didn't pitch that well recently. So hopefully Gallardo, whohad an 1.74 ERA in september, can get the job done. The Mets are in the same situation, but decide to start NL Cy Young winner Maine. Game #167 – New York [5-1] (J. Maine 1-0, 5.65 ERA) at Milwaukee [4-2] (Y. Gallardo 0-0, 0.00 ERA) SS C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - CF J. Upton - 3B M. Reynolds - 2B O. Infante Gallardo had a shaky start by giving up a lead off triple, but limited the Mets eventually to only five hits in seven innings. They produced nevertheless four runs and we had to get a rally started. But sadly we only managed one more run in the seventh. So the Mets need only one more win to advance to the world series. New York at Milwaukee: 4-3 W: J. Maine (2-0); L: Y. Gallardo (0-1) H: D. Sanchez (1), B. League (3), P. Feliciano (2), J. Smith (1) SV: B. Wagner (5) HR: - / - SB: - / - CS: - / - E: - / Y. Gallardo MoM: J. Maine - 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K New York leads series, 3 to 1. Elsewhere: Tampa Bay at Boston: 4-5 W: C. Buchholz (1-0), L: J. Shiels (1-1) SV: J. Papelbon (6) HR: E. Longoria (1) / W. Pena (2), C. Crisp (2), D. Pedroia (1) Boston leads series, 3 to 1. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-03-2008, 10:29 AM	#254 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 15th October 2008 We are now at the point of no return, one more loss and the season is over. We never faced this point during last seasons road to the World Series. Of course Webb, Bush and Capuano are capable of giving us three good starts in a row, but will the bullpen have three good days in a row as well? The Mets pitching seems from another planet: when their starter struggles, they still have the best bullpen in the game. Game #168 – New York [6-1] (D. Guerra 1-0, 1.13 ERA) at Milwaukee [4-3] (B. Webb 1-1, 5.93 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar The game started as another one dominated by pitching. We took nevertheless a 2-0 thanks to a Fielder RBI double in the third. So all we needed was to protect the lead until the end. The Mets were stroke by bad luck when also their replacement 3B Tatis was injured and Carp with no previous 3B experience had to finish the game. Carp commited an error on his first chance allowing us to take a 3-1 lead after four innings. Webb worked hard but struggled finding the strike zone. He had five walks after five innings, but got some help by Estrada and a couple of double plays. We kept on scoring against 19 year old Guerra making it 5-1 after six innings. After Carp threw another ball away the score was 7-1 and Webb handed the game to the bullpen. Eventually the bullpen did fine and defensive replacement Cain added two more runs. Curious to see what the Mets do with 3B after this game. New York at Milwaukee: 1-9 W: B. Webb (2-1); L: D. Guerra (1-1) HR: - / J. Upton (1) SB: O. Hudson (1) / - CS: J. Reyes (2) / - E: M. Carp 2 / - MoM: B. Webb - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 1 K New York leads series, 3 to 2. Elsewhere: Tampa Bay at Boston: 14-8 (10) W: C. Ray (1-1), L: H. Okajima (0-1) HR: - / K. Youkilis (1) Boston leads series, 3 to 2. Okajima and Papelbon suffered an epic meltdown in the top of the tenth, allowing seven hits, walking two and getting only one out. The Mets also placed Tatis on the DL. Ruben Gotay (.283, 1 HR, 7 RBI) who played only 15 games in his career at 3B gets the call. We will never know why Shawn Bowman (.255, 1 HR, 12 RBI - AAA) didn't get promotod. At least the can play 3B. Maybe Bud Black didn't want to send a Canadian to the World Series? __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-03-2008, 01:24 PM	#255 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 17th October 2008 Back to New York where the National League champion will be crowned one way or another. Bush will try to stay unbeaten also in his seventh career playoff start. We will also rely on the hot bats of Izturis, Upton and Gross who all do very well so far in the playoffs. Game #169 –Milwaukee [5-3] (D. Bush 0-0, 3.52 ERA) at New York [6-2] (P. Humber 0-0, 1.26 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar We set the tone in the first inning when we scored four runs on six hits and two walks. The Mets were never able to recover as our offense really ran hot. Moving Gross to bat 2nd and Upton to 5th in the order seems to work. Upton leads the club in playoff RBI's now. Mets 3B Gotay commited an error - of course. Tomorrow Game 7! Milwaukee at New York: 8-2 W: D. Bush (1-0); L: P. Humber (0-1) HR: - / O. Hudson (1) SB: A. Escobar (1) / - CS: - / - E: D. Bush / R. Gotay MoM: J. Upton - 2/5, 1 R, 3 RBI Series tied at 3. Elsewhere: Boston at Tampa Bay: 7-3 W: J. Beckett (4-0), L: J. Hellickson (0-1) HR: - / E. Longoria (2) Boston wins series, 4 to 2 and advances to 2008 World Series. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 05-03-2008 at 03:46 PM.

05-03-2008, 05:55 PM	#256 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche 18th October 2008 It's time to play ball and decide who will face the Red Sox in the World Series. We have the momentum on our side after the Mets failed to eliminate us twice. Sadly our starter Capuano is not 100 % rested, but I feel it's better to start him compared to Gallardo or Villanueva. The Mets will once again send Maine to the battle. He isn't 100 % rested either... In terms of offense we stick to the old Badenian football saying "never change a winning team"! Game #170 –Milwaukee [6-3] (C. Capuano 1-0, 2.81 ERA) at New York [6-3] (J. Maine 2-0, 4.87 ERA) 2B C. Izturis - RF G. Gross - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - CF J. Upton - C J. Estrada - 3B M. Reynolds - SS A. Escobar Game 7 was epic. We took an early 3-0 lead thanks to a Fielder homerun. But the Mets quickly mashed Capuano and were up 7-4 after three innings. Maine seemed to cruise to victory, but Fielder hit another homer in the eighth making it 8-6 for the Mets. Wagner came on to close it out and our hopes to tie the game were small, until Izturis hit a two out triple to make it 8-7. Hopes were high as Gross who hit .364 in the postseason came to the plate, but he went down looking ... Mets advance to the World Series 2008. Milwaukee at New York: 7-8 W: J. Maine (3-0); L: C. Capuano (1-1) H: J. Smith (2), B. League (4) SV: B. Wagner (6) HR: P. Fielder 2 (3) / M. Carp (1), R. Gotay (1), L. Milledge (2) SB: - / R. Gotay (1), O. Hudson (2), C. Gomez (2) CS: - / L. Milledge (1), C. Gomez (1) E: M. Reynolds / - MoM: P. Fielder - 2/5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI New York wins series, 4 games to 3. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-03-2008, 06:21 PM	#257 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche World Series 20th October 2008 New York at Boston: 6-4 (13) W: B. League (1-0); L: C. Hansen (0-1) HR - / - New York leads series, 1 to 0. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 05-03-2008 at 06:22 PM.

05-03-2008, 06:29 PM	#258 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche World Series 21st October 2008 New York at Boston: 4-10 W: J. Pineiro (1-0); L: R. Mahay (1-1) HR: M. Barrett 2 (3) / K. Youkilis (2) Series is tied at 1. Mets CF Lastings Milledge (.324, 20 HR, 86 RBI) will miss the rest of the series with a tender elbow ligament. Ex-Brewer Drew Anderson (.216, 2 HR, 10 RBI) will take his spot. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-03-2008, 06:37 PM	#259 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche World Series 23rd October 2008 Boston at New York: 6-8 W: B. League (2-0); L: L. Papelbon (0-1) HR J. Drew (3), J. Ellsbury (2) / M. Barrett (4) New York leads series, 2 to 1. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352

05-03-2008, 06:42 PM	#260 (permalink)
Loeffle All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 1,885 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	October 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers Manager and GM Fritsche World Series 24th October 2008 Boston at New York: 6-3 W: C. Buchholz (2-0); L: D. Guerra (1-2) SV: J. Papelbon (7) HR: - / R. Gotay 2 (3) Series is tied at 2. __________________ The Bisons in the hands of a Black Forest native: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=156352 Last edited by Loeffle; 05-03-2008 at 06:46 PM.

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